A Regulatory Mutant of Hansenula polymorpha Exhibiting Methanol Utilization Metabolism and Peroxisome Proliferation in Glucose

AUTOR(ES)

Parpinello, Giuseppinia

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

Mutant LGM-128 of Hansenula polymorpha harbors the recessive mutation glr2-1 which confers a complex pleiotropic phenotype, the major feature of which is the metabolically unnecessary induction of methanol utilization metabolism (C1 metabolism) during growth on glucose, whether or not methanol is in the medium. Therefore, in this mutant, peroxisomes are formed and proliferate upon cultivation in glucose-containing media. In these media, LGM-128 shows induction levels of C1 metabolism that are similar to those observed in methanol-containing media. This indicates that GLR2 controls the repression-derepression process stimulated by glucose and that the induction process triggered by methanol plays only a minor role in activating C1 metabolism. Cultivating LGM-128 in methanol and then transferring it to glucose media revealed that active degradative processes occur, leading to the disappearance of C1 metabolism. This observation suggests that, although stimulated by glucose, the two processes are controlled by elements which are, at least in part, distinct. Finally, glr2-1 does not affect ethanol repression, suggesting that in H. polymorpha the two repressing circuits are separated.

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